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Parks, Recreation & Culture Strategic Plan

Surrey is a city abundant with parks, recreational facilities, and a vibrant arts, cultural and heritage community. The Parks, Recreation & Culture (PRC) Department helps to plan and operate many of these amenities. To build on these assets, and to meet the needs of a diverse and growing community, the City is developing a new PRC Strategic Plan. The current 2008 PRC Strategic Plan expires at the end of the year.

The new PRC Strategic Plan will identify the greatest needs and opportunities for our residents. It will help determine important funding and infrastructure decisions, including where and how money should be spent. Learn more about the 10 PRC feature projects we're working on now, and share your ideas for future projects by getting involved in our upcoming events.

Project Update

We have completed the second stage of community engagement - thank you to the over 4,000 residents and stakeholders that have participated and shared ideas so far. Your feedback is important to making sure we’re on the right track and to help finalize direction for the plan. Review the input that we've received so far.

We are now reviewing feedback and undertaking a detailed needs assessment. A draft plan is being developed and will be available for review in early Fall. Review the project timeline below for more information on next steps.

The Big Ideas

There are a variety of meaningful events and activities to get involved and help shape the new PRC Strategic Plan, including idea fairs, world cafe style workshops and online surveys.

This process began with a series of fun and interactive ideas fairs, workshops and pop-up events across the City. In this step we connected with over 2,100 residents and stakeholders and explored early ideas, issues and priorities.

Establishing Direction

May - July 2017

Through spring and early summer we dived deeper into key issues and explored priorities and directions for the plan. Activities included a second round of workshops, community survey, and pop-up activities at a variety of community events.

More than 2,000 residents participated in this stage by completing a survey or attending workshops and events. Input from this stage has been used to develop key elements of the new plan.

Checking Back

August - November 2017

We are currently developing a draft plan. Once ready we will check back to ensure that are no missing pieces, and that we are on the right track. To do this we will be offering a community survey and a public open house in early November, where we will present a draft plan.

More events to come! Check back soon for more information on upcoming events or subscribe below to our eNews to stay up-to-date about engagement opportunities.

Finalizing the Plan

Finalizing the Plan

November 2017 - March 2018

Starting in the Fall we will refine the draft Plan and take it to various committees for review. By this stage the plan will reflect input from over eight months of community engagement, and a comprehensive needs assessment. Once we have a final draft of the Plan, we will put on the finishing touches and present it to Council for a March 2018 approval.